WCW Heavyweight Championship History

Ric Flair
01/11/91
East Rutherford, NJ

Wins NWA World heavyweight title from Sting; with NWA no longer
operating
as an organization, Flair is recognized as the first WCW World
Heavyweight champion; stripped on 07/01/91 when Flair was fired by WCW.
Lex Luger
07/14/91
Baltimore, MD

Title held-up after a match against Rickey "The Dragon" Steamboat on
04/23/94 in Chicago, IL ends as a double pin.
Ric Flair [3]
12/27/94
Atlanta, GA

Defeats Steamboat in a rematch; unifies former NWA World Heavyweight
Title; renamed when WCW
withdrew from NWA in September, 1993, also won "WCW International" World
title defeating Sting on 06/23/94 in Charleston, SC
Hulk Hogan
07/17/94
Orlando, FL
The Giant
10/29/95
Detroit, MI

Wins via DQ, Jimmy Hart Hogan's manager, signed the contract so that the
title changes hands via DQ; stripped on 11/06/95 when WCW claimed that
the decision was doubtful.
Randy Savage
11/26/95
Norfolk, VA